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- Communication tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams have seen downloads spike as people are encouraged or ordered to stay in their homes due to the coronavirus.
- Data from AppFigures shows how categories like education and productivity have shot up, while travel has dropped.
- The coronavirus outbreak has killed 16,000 people worldwide and infected more than 367,000, according to recent totals.
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With people forced to work and learn from home, apps like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Slack have seen spikes in downloads as they become essential to daily working life. Data from AppFigures show trends in categories from Apple's App Store as people adjust to life amid the coronavirus pandemic.
As of Monday, COVID-19, the coronavirus disease, has infected more than 367,000 people worldwide, and has killed more than 16,000. On March 11, the World Health Organization officially declared it a pandemic. The virus has disrupted travel worldwide, leading to flight cancellations, quarantines, and other breakdowns in movement. New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington state, among other US locations, have closed bars and restaurants except for takeout as a way to encourage people to remain home.
These major changes to daily life have affected the apps people are downloading, too, as they work, learn, and connect with friends from home. These ten graphs show download data in the US over the past 60 days.
